Combining Forms/Word Roots Flashcards

1
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or/o

A

mouth

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2
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lingu/o

A

tongue

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3
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hal/o

A

to breathe

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4
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enter/o

A

intestine

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5
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muscul/o

A

muscle

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6
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thec/o

A

sheath (meninges)

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ven/o

A

vein

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8
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cutane/o

derm/o

A

skin

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9
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bucc/o

A

cheek

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10
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iatr/o

A

medicine

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11
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idi/o

A

distinctive

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12
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toxic/o

A

poison

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13
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albin/o

A

white

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14
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angi/o

A

vessel

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15
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bas/o

A

the base

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16
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bi/o

A

life

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17
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chem/o

A

chemical

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18
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cis/o

A

to cut

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19
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cry/o

A

cold

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20
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cyt/o

A

cell

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21
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electr/o

A

electricity

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22
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erythr/o

A

red

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23
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esthesi/o

A

feeling

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24
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hidr/o

A

sweat

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25
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myc/o

A

fungus

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26
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onych/o

A

nail

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27
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pedicul/o

A

lice

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28
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phot/o

A

light

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29
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py/o

A

pus

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30
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rhytid/o

A

wrinkle

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31
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sarc/o

A

flesh

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32
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scler/o

A

hard

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33
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seb/o

A

oil

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34
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trich/o

A

hair

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35
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ungu/o

A

nail

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36
Q

vesic/o

A

bladder

37
Q

xer/o

A

dry

38
Q

ankyl/o

A

stiff joint

39
Q

arthr/o

articul/o

A

joint

40
Q

burs/o

A

bursa

41
Q

carp/o

A

carpus

42
Q

cervic/o

A

neck

43
Q

chondr/o

A

cartilage

44
Q

clavicul/o

A

clavicle

45
Q

coccyg/o

A

coccyx

46
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cortic/o

A

outer portion

47
Q

cost/o

A

rib

48
Q

crani/o

A

skull

49
Q

femor/o

A

femur

50
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fibul/o

A

fibula

51
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humer/o

A

humerus

52
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ili/o

A

ilium

53
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ischi/o

A

ischium

54
Q

kyph/o

A

hump

55
Q

lamin/o

A

lamina, part of vertebra

56
Q

lord/o

A

bent backwards

57
Q

lumb/o

A

low back

58
Q

mandibul/o

A

mandible

59
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maxill/o

A

maxilla

60
Q

medull/o

A

inner portion

61
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metacarp/o

A

metacarpus

62
Q

metatars/o

A

metatarsus

63
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myel/o

A

bone marrow

64
Q

orth/o

A

straight

65
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oste/o

A

bone

66
Q

patell/o

A

patella

67
Q

path/o

A

disease

68
Q

ped/o

A

child, foot

69
Q

pelv/o

A

pelvis

70
Q

phalang/o

A

phalanges

71
Q

pod/o

A

foot

72
Q

prosthet/o

A

addition

73
Q

pub/o

A

pubis

74
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radi/o

A

radius, ray (x-ray)

75
Q

sacr/o

A

sacrum

76
Q

sarc/o

A

flesh

77
Q

scapul/o

A

scapula

78
Q

scoli/o

A

crooked, bent

79
Q

spin/o

A

spine

80
Q

spondyl/o

A

vertebra

81
Q

stern/o

A

sternum

82
Q

synovi/o

synov/o

A

synovial membrane

83
Q

system/o

A

system

84
Q

tars/o

A

tarsus

85
Q

thorac/o

A

thorax

86
Q

tibi/o

A

tibia

87
Q

uln/o

A

ulna

88
Q

vertebr/o

A

vertebra